my predicted stats, chances?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>right now i am an 8th grader, i’m chinese</p>

<p>i know i know, i’m young and i shouldn’t be thinking about college right now and should be having fun</p>

<p>but i need to know what my chances are of getting accepted to stanford so i can concentrate and focus on the areas</p>

<p>here’s why-</p>

<p>my doctors said i will grow to about seven feet, many people say i’m the next kevin garnett, i’m really good at basketball, and i want to play for thier bball team</p>

<p>i want to go to stanford because i live 20 minutes away from it and because its a great school</p>

<p>i want to get a degree in stanford, and then play in the nba</p>

<p>expected stats of my highschool career----------</p>

<p>sat: at least 2200
satII: mathIIC800 literature700 phy750
gpa: 4.0 unweighted
ap: hopefully 5’s on all ap </p>

<p>ec-the stuff i want to do------
3 years coach of ymca bball starting in 10th grade
job of coaching kids basketball
join a math club if there is one at my school</p>

<p>community service - 2000 hours +</p>

<p>sports; basketball varsity 4 years(captain), track 4 years</p>

<p>mcdonalds all-american</p>

<p>ALSO- i want to play for china’s basketball team for olympics, but my chinese sucks</p>

<p>my stats may seem impossible</p>

<p>can you please give me a percent and suggest what i should do</p>

<p>-thanks a lot!!! =)</p>

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<p>I suggest that you please dont waste our time. You can’t predict your future.</p>

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<p>hahah good luck, kid. my best wishes are with you.</p>

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<p>I agree… kid… u seriously need to calm down… take life a bit easier… dun worry about this college stuff junk… therell come a time when u wish u didnt have to worry about it… so… just chill…</p>

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<p>omG. you’re in 8th grade and already worring about college?!?! sounds like me.</p>

<p>you guys should be nicer! hehe. </p>

<p>kid, i’d say you have a great shot. Comm. service is very important…strive for 5000+ hours. And also, your essays are the most important part of the application, second to the transcript of course!</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>oh how you nice youre predicting the perfect life. i would guess that it wont happen.</p>

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<p>thanks apollo,</p>

<p>i’ll think i’ll focus more on community service, and don’t do track.</p>

<p>well striving for a perfect life is what seperates good people from great people</p>

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<p>why are you being so rude? im NOT predicting his future, im just suggesting. srsly, if you dont have something nice to say, DONT SAY IT.</p>

<p>and having goals is what makes the successful people successful.</p>

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<p>i dont think he was talking about u apollo</p>

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<p>For the sake of your sanity and social life, get off this board now! :(</p>

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<p>8thgradeboy1, please read this very carefully and take it to heart.</p>

<p>Everyone has dreams and goals that they aspire towards. But when someone lets their dreams and goals take over their lives, it becomes an obsession. It becomes unhealthy.</p>

<p>Stanford has a section of their admissions website called “Preparing for College” that offers advice for students who would like to go to Stanford, just like you. Importantly, it only gives advice for students who are in 11th and 12th grade. Even Stanford doesn’t expect young students like you to be thinking about college.</p>

<p>You have been posting things about how you want to attend Stanford for months. It has come to the point that it’s unhealthy. And because you’re an athlete, you need to take the things that are unhealthy and make them healthy.</p>

<p>So stop worrying about college. Right now you should think about middle school and ways of having fun.</p>

<p>And if that doesn’t convince you, maybe this will.
I got into Stanford, I didn’t worry about it at all in middle school.</p>

<p>And one more thing.
When you say “striving for a perfect life is what seperates good people from great people,” I completely disagree. Plenty of people aren’t perfect and don’t try to be perfect and are still wonderful people. Appreciate yourself for your strengths and your weaknesses.</p>

<p>Do yourself a favor–and stop posting things on this site.</p>

<p>Understood?</p>

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<p>23.469% .</p>

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<p>2000 hours of community service in four years? That’s about an hour and a half every day, plus you’ll have basketball practice and schoolwork.</p>

<p>If I were you, I’d focus on improving my game and getting noticed. Your junior year of high school you should definitely let Stanford know you’re interested. I would run track, too - either the high jump, hurdles, or sprints will improve your basketball skills. One of the biggest weaknesses of big men is that they’re not very agile. If you can be agile and smooth, you have a huge advantage.</p>

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<p>I have 50 hours of community service…Anyone with lower?</p>

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<p>I only have 60 hours…</p>

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<p>Dulce2… spoken like a good man. grade8… He knows what hes talking about… listen to him.</p>

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<p>mcdonalds all-american???
30 of the top players in the nation get that title every year… and chances are those kids are on nationally profiled travel basketball teams, and probably are leading their nationally profiled high school teams to state championships year in and year out…</p>

<p>what high school are you planning to go to?
i dont wanna shoot your dreams, that’s horrible. but you have to get a realistic idea of what a high school mcdonald’s all-american is. it’s an accomplishment that might go to three kids in CA in a year, TOPS. just putting things in perspective…</p>

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<p>lynbrook highschool, basketball team sucks at lynbrook</p>

<p>well since i’m projected to be around 7 feet and right now i am training and i have great bball skills, i have a high chance of getting into mc-donalds, and i think almost all the players on the stanford bball roster were on the mcdonalds allamerican team.</p>

<p>since my bball team sucks and havn’t won a championship in bball, i would lead them to state championships all 4 years on varsity team</p>

<p>and HOPEFULLY, get invited to play on the mcdonalds allamerican team and then get recruited to play for stanford’s bball team</p>

<p>since my highschool is like a division 2 highschool, i probaly won’t be noticed</p>

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<p>honestly just shut the h.e.l.l. up and stop dreaming…please! u r p.i.s.s.ng everyone off</p>

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<p>no… no one on stanford’s team was on the all-american team, duke has the most all-americans on their team with 5, and there are probably a handful of teams out there with 1 or 2. but the vast majority have no mcdonalds all-americans, considering the fact that they are very rare or jump straight to the NBA</p>

<p>look. i dont want to be harsh or hostile. but there are many kids that are 7 feet that don’t get to play at high-profiled D1 schools. if you’re going to be a great player, you have to stay grounded. saying straight out that you have great bball skills and have a high chance of getting on the team is ludicrous, arrogant, and very farfetched. for any 8th grader to say that he’s going to take his sub-par high school team to the state championship game is out of this world. the fact that you’re in d-2 has nothing to do with your recruiting – mater dei owns division 2 CA basketball, and have sent many players to amazing d1 programs. but if you have an attitude that you will take over and rule the CA basketball scene, you’re gonna get caught off-guard and lose confidence when you realize it’s not as easy as you perceived it.</p>

<p>listen to the advice on this board. don’t worry about what it takes to get into stanford. sure, keep your grades up, stay involved, and keep up with basketball. but there is no formula for getting into stanford, amazing people are rejected every year. </p>

<p>as far as basketball goes, you have to realize it’s just a game, and one injury can just about end your future. that’s why it’s most important to keep the grades up and make sure education is your number one thing. and if you go into basketball thinking you’re going to be a mcdonalds high school all-american, you’re in for a very rude awakening.</p>

<p>do you play for a travel team? if so, which one?
travel team and AAU ball is the key to getting your name out there and getting recruited. play big national tournaments for nationally-recognized squads, and you’ll be invited to the best camps.</p>